Serial Book 1- Tempted to Submit by Rob

Part I
Tempted to Submit
    Lauren Jameson

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    Surrender to Temptation Part I: Tempted to Submit / Jameson, Lauren 3

    This one is for Deidre. I’d like to be her someday.
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Chapter One

    All I wanted was to feel sexy.
    Grimacing, I pulled the confection of openwork silk off of my shoulders and down. What had I been thinking? A girl with some curves—namely me—couldn’t wear ruffles. This whole endeavor was a terrible idea.
    My bangs were sticking to my forehead with sweat as I tugged the lingerie back over my head. I contemplated dropping it to the ground and stomping on it in frustration, but repressed the urge and hung it back up, nice and neat, on its plastic hanger.
    That was what I always did, after all—shoved my real feelings away, smiling prettily when I wanted to scream.
    Frustrated and close to tears, I eyed the last item that I’d brought with me into the dressing room at Magnifique, the fancy lingerie boutique that I’d passed by on my way to work every single day for the last year. It was also lace, but instead of being heavily ruffled and made for a woman with the build of Barbie, it was a deep indigo, made of soft silk, and sophisticated instead of cute. It would skim the body and accentuate curves.
    This one had to work. It just had to. How was I ever going to convince my ever-so-proper boyfriend to make love to me in a position other than missionary if I